Jimmy Wopo

Early life Wopo was born January 13, 1997, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Tammeka Dennison and James White Jr., and was one of 11 children. Wopo was raised in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, a historically black neighborhood. When Wopo was 7, he started rapping, but would not take it seriously until much later. When he was 14, he started to record music at a nearby studio, but was not allowed to cuss. He attended the Academy Charter School, but would drop out when he was in the tenth-grade. Joining the wave of Wopo's viral success, urban hip hop blog WorldStarHipHop exclusively debuted five of his music videos in 2016. On July 24, 2016, he premiered his debut project, Woponese, on Daily Loud. This 8-track mixtape included the single "Back Door", which features Sonny Digital. In October 2016, Wopo was featured on Riff Raff's song "Stay Away from You" on his Balloween mixtape. On November 25, 2016, he released a joint album with his fellow Pittsburgh-based rapper Hardo. This nine-track project featured ShadyHigler, 21 Savage and Wiz Khalifa.

Before his death, Wopo completed 50 unreleased songs, which would be released posthumously according to Wopo's manager.

Murder At 4:22 PM EDT on June 18, 2018, Wopo and a male passenger were shot while driving through Pittsburgh's Hill District neighborhood. The passenger survived, but Wopo, who was shot in the head, died after being rushed to UPMC Presbyterian at 5:56 PM. He was 21 years old and, with a third on the way, left behind two children. He was also murdered on the same day as fellow rapper XXXTentacion.

Discography Woponese (2016) Trapnese (2016) (with Hardo) Jordan Kobe (2017) Back Against the Wall (2017)